Come Visit Jiaozhou in Anhui! A Beautiful County with Poetic Landscapes
Anhui Province, located in the eastern part of China, Jiazhou County was established as a county during the Western Han Dynasty, formerly known as Jiaopu. It has a history of over 2200 years.
Jiaozhou is a cultural town emphasizing both literature and education.Since ancient times, it has had a flourishing literary style, nurturing figures such as Zhang Ji, a famous general of the Tang Dynasty, one of the ‘Four Great Monks’ of the Ming Dynasty, and Wu Jingzi, the author of Jinulwalshi.
Jiaozhou is also an environmentally beautiful ecological town.It boasts original tourism resources such as Shenshan, Longshan, Chuhe, Xianghe, and Biyun Lake, and is a national greening model county, a national ecological demonstration zone pilot county, a provincial tourist powerhouse county, a provincial civilized county town, and a provincial garden town.
Jiaozhou scenery. Taken by Gu Jinquan.
Jiaozhou is a transportation hub with great convenience.It is known as ‘the back of Jianghu’ and ‘Wu Chu Chong Qu’ – multiple high-speed railways pass through it, and thousand-ton ships reach the sea.
Jiaozhou is a town with distinctive industrial characteristics and development.With the Chaolin Group (the first listed company in) as the driving force, mechanical manufacturing has formed a significant advantage, and emerging industries such as household appliances and information, new building materials, new energy, and new materials are gradually becoming important industrial sectors of the county’s economy.
Panorama of Jiaozhou. Taken by Gu Jinquan.
Let’s explain the first line of poetry:
A family in Jiazhoushi, a factory in Maotun, a villa in Dasitu, a stone in Xizhutun, a character in Jiuzhutun, a mountain in Wugang.
Jiazhoushi: Cheng Family Town; Maotun: Ma Factory Town; Dasitu: Dasitu Town; Xizhutun: Xizhutun Town; Wugang: Wugang Town.
Cheng Family Town, ten thousand acres of peach blossoms; Maotun copper well spring; Dasitu Eternal Yongfu Water Reservoir sunset; Xizhutun Huangli Tree New Village; Jiuzhutun Zhuzhou Joy City.
The second line of poetry:
Touring the two rivers and three temples and four lakes, five mountains and seven rivers surround eight directions.
Chuhe: Chu River; Xianghe: Xiang River.
Chu River, Xiang River.
Three temples: Shenshan Temple, Santaza Temple, Longshan Temple.
Shenshan Temple, Santaza Temple, Longshan Temple.
Four lakes: Biyun Lake, Longshan Lake, Mudan Lake, Meiren Chi.
Biyun Lake, Longshan Lake, Mudan Lake, Meiren Chi.
Five mountains: Shenshan, Longshan, Naping Mountain, Guyan Mountain, Wasan Linchang.
Shenshan, Longshan, Naping Mountain, Guyan Mountain, Wasan Linchang.
The third line of poetry:
The wheat seedlings are flourishing on both banks of Xiang River, and the peach blossoms are fragrant in the six towns of the ancient river.
Xianghe Town, Xiang River; Six Towns, Sun Family New Village.
The fourth line of poetry:
Looking at Shenshan under Huangli Tree, seeing Phoenix on Taiping Bridge.
Huangli Tree Reservoir, Shenshan Forest Park, Taiping Bridge Night View.
The fifth line of poetry:
Xiwang lies in Longshan Mountain, Wu Family has descendants with fame.
Longshan Nüniang Peak, Wu Family Ancestral Home in Jiaozhou, Wu Family Ancestral Home.
The sixth line of poetry:
New Jiaozhou, a new city in Anhui Province, everyone works together to create brilliance!
Jiaozhou’s New Look
Just like this poem, if any town or township is missing, Jiaozhou will be missing its unique charm. It is also because in Jiaozhou, every town has its own unique charm!
